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Luminance masks

Understanding and Creating Luminance Masks in Photoshop

This week’s video is intended as a supplement to the multiple exposure blending video I posted a little while back. In this case we will go into more detail about what luminance masks are, how to refine them and how to create…

14 May
Beauty Photography Toronto

Beauty Photography – Lighting and Retouching

In part 1 of this two part post on beauty photography we covered the details of organizing and budgeting for shoot day. In this part we’ll be focused more on concrete techniques such as common lighting configurations, camera…

30 Apr
Photoshop Blend Modes Tutorial

Photoshop Blend Modes for Photographers

This week we bring you an in-depth, two part video covering nearly all (the actually useful ones) the Photoshop layer blend modes along with examples of typical scenarios where you would use them. We’ve approached the subject…

23 Apr
Frequency separation for make-up retouching

Modifying & Removing Make-up with Frequency Separation

This week we have a quick video tutorial on changing make-up – in this case eye shadow – using frequency separation. While frequency is typically used for retouching skin, the technique can be incredibly useful when making…

09 Apr
Norway Aurora - By Nagesh Mahadev

Creating Reflections and Aurora Processing in Photoshop

This weeks tutorial will feature the beautiful work of my friend Nagesh Mahadev who took this amazing shot in Northern Norway. For those that haven’t seen his work, be sure to check out his incredible set of landscapes on his…

02 Apr
Beauty portrait photography Toronto

Beauty Photography – Costs and Scheduling

What’s there not to love about taking beauty shots? You spend the day with a talented team of individuals and take photos of beautiful models. In this two part post we’ll be delving into the key elements of a beauty shoot,…

26 Mar
Starburst Lens Flare in Photoshop

Creating Realistic Starburst Effects in Photoshop

In this video tutorial we’ll be mixing photo editing and graphic art to create our own starburst lens flare effects and appling them to an image. You don’t really need any sort of graphic skills to do this as the process…

19 Mar
Mastering Dodging and Burning in Photoshop

Mastering Dodging and Burning: 4 Techniques for Beautiful Photos

In this in-depth video I’ll be taking a somewhat different approach to demonstrating dodging and burning. Rather than cover the actual painting aspect of dodging and burning, I’ll be focusing on 4 different approaches and…

11 Mar
Composite Image, Toronto

Lighting Effects and Composite Blending

In this fairly extensive video tutorial I’ll be covering a variety of ways to enhance and add lighting effects to your image. In the case of composites, we’ll look at some ways to use light and coloring to make them look a…

04 Mar
Create beautiful hair highlights in photoshop

Creating Beautiful Hair Highlights in Photoshop

In this video tutorial I’ll be covering some techniques for making hair highlights in your portraits look beautiful. Rather than just enhancing the highlights, we’ll also be discussing how to deal with common issues that…

27 Feb